INDEPENDENCE — Iola High’s Kaden Macha picked up where he left off last season. The defending Class 4A individual champion won his first meet of the 2014 season Thursday at the Independence Invitational. Macha carded…

Megan Cook, Iola, and Derrek McKarnin, Gas, will join in marriage on Aug. 2, 2014, at St. John’s Catholic Church, Iola. Megan is the daughter of Jeff Cook and the late Teresa Cook, Iola, and…

Darci Gulick, Iola, and Brett Lisher, Lawrence, will join in marriage on July 12, 2014, at Wesley United Methodist Church, Iola.  Darci is the daughter of Kirk and Ruby Gulick and the granddaughter of Greg…

Richard Dean “Rick” Hudson, 50, Humboldt, died Thursday, April 10, 2014. Rick was born Jan. 6, 1964, in Chanute, the son of Richard “Norman” and Joyce Elaine (Goodall) Hudson.  He grew up in Humboldt and…

Hazel Inez Moorhead, 107, Iola, died Thursday, April 10, 2014, at her home. Hazel was born Nov. 29, 1906, on a farm near Saffordville, west of Emporia, the daughter of Clarence and Mabel (Gangloff) Beer.…

Iolans will be asked to refrain from flushing toilets and bathing or showering for a few hours during a wide-ranging sewer improvement project that will start next week. “We’ll put door hangars on homes when…

  With enthusiasm that was infectious, Emma Piazza and Tyler Holloway profusely thanked Iola Rotarians for having given them the opportunity to experience activities at the Rotary Youth Leadership Academy near Tahlequah, Okla. The academy…

  The school finance bill that came from deliberations in the Legislature last weekend was bittersweet for administrators who for the past several years have had to figure how to keep their financial ships from…

Any USD 257 elementary child or family may donate new or used items to benefit the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF) through Wednesday.  A donation barrel has been placed outside of each elementary school…

Bill Otto wants another crack at legislating, this time from an independent perspective. Otto, Le Roy, represented the Ninth District in the Kansas House for eight years before redistricting two years ago left him on…